Climate Change

NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Barry, which is expected to flood New Orleans and threaten lives along the Mississippi River, is being fueled by warmth in the Gulf of Mexico that was likely exacerbated by climate change, scientists said on F…

Its been said before, but it bears repeating: The first round of Democratic presidential debates failed the planet. In a combined 240 minutes of discussionat an event held in city poised to sink into the oceanthe moderators devoted a combined 15 minutes of ai…

The filibuster for legislation could be next. Mr. Reid sees its demise as inevitable. I think its going to happen sooner rather than later, he said. It probably wont happen in this Congress, but it will happen in the next Congress or the one after that. Tha…

Governments declaring climate emergencies are all the rage these days. On Tuesday, a resolution slated to be introduced in Congress aims to get the U.S. as a whole to join the growing number of towns, states, and countries recognizing that yes, climate change…

Nairobi’s park is at risk of further land loss

Trees are good for all sorts of things, like providing shade for picnics and habitat for animals. But theyre also a huge part of the efforts to combat climate change by sucking carbon dioxide out of the air. New findings were published on Thursday in Science…

A team of climate change scientists from 17 nations is preparing for an expedition to the Arctic, where they will anchor their vessel to a large piece of sea ice and allow the water to freeze around them. The team will effectively be trapped in the vast white mass that…

Scientists record, try to explain currents shifts in Antarctic sea ice sizes

When geoscientist and mountaineer John All started studying the impacts of climate change on worlds highest mountain glaciers over a decade ago, he said it was like monitoring a sick patient. Now, its more like doing an autopsy. Were just watching the glacie…

Image copyrightGetty Images Chennai (formerly Madras), the capital of India's southern Tamil Nadu state, is gaining notoriety as the disaster capital of the world - floods one year, cyclone the next, and drought the year after. But it is not alone. Environme…